Yarn-carrier.



H. D. COLIVIAN.

YARN CARRIER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN, 26. 1916.

1 36,822. Patented Aug. 14, 1917.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

YARN -CARRIER.

Serial No. 809,797, filed December 31, 1913.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known-that I, HOWARD D. CoLMAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Rockford, in the county of Winnebago and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Yarn-Carriers, ofwhich the following is a specification.

is invention relates to devices upon which yarn may be wound. It isespecially adapted to support cross-wound yarn masses, and isparticularly designed to receive yarn which is subsequently to beunwound in the 'creel of a Warper.

This application is a continuation plication Serial No. 776, 37, filedJune 28, 1913 (Patent No. 1,228,410, dated June 5, 1917) and applicationSerial No. 809,797, filed December 31, 1913.

he accompanying drawing is a longitudinal central sectional view througha yarncarrier embodying the features of my invention, the carrier beingshown as locked in operative position upon a suitable support.

In the drawing, a indicates a yarn mass wound upon the periphery of aheadless cylindrical tubular yarn-carrier 1. Said carrier is formed oftwo sheet-metal sections 2 and 3 rigidly secured together in a suitablemanner.

h of the sections 2 and 3 has an annular end wall 4.. In each of the endWalls 4 is a central opening defined by an in- The inner end of one ofthe fi stitutes an annular locking shoulder 7 adapted for engagement andthe flanges 5.

While the yarn-carrier 1 may be mounted upon various forms of supports,I have herein shown the carrier as fitting upon a hub 9 which isrotatably mounted upon a pivot 10 fixed to a supporting arm 11. The arm11 is similar to one or" the arms 8 shown in my said application SerialNo. 809,797.

In order to prevent yarn from being acof aptiyely large diameter.

e spool-receiving reyarn carrler 1 1s 1na stop deterh an ope nlng 1n thehub and adapted to confine one of the flanges 5 between the latch fiposition as soon as the bottom Wall of t e recess 1 is in contact Withthe stop flange 14. Itwill be seen that said bottom wall constitutes astop for locating the yarn carrier on the hub 9. remove theyarn-carrier, the operative takes hold of the yarn mass and draws itlongi- Preferably, the yarn-carrier is of rela- The relatively large theWarper creel, affords the yarn greater leverage in turning the yarn massand hence the yarn is unwound under less tension.

claim as my invention:

1. A headless cylindrical sheet-metal yarn carrier of relatively largediameter comprising a peripheral portion, two'end walls each a yieldablelatch finger 15 projecting of the end walls being integral with theadthe opening in one end wall to the opening jacent part of theperipheral portion, each in the other end wall, one of said end walls ofsaid end Walls having a central opening having an annular centralspool-receiving 5 bounded by an inturned flange integral with recesscommunicating with the central open- 5 such end wall, and a sleeveextending from. ing of said end wall, the inner end of the the openingin one end wall to the opening inturned flange of the said end wallconstiin the other end wall and surrounding said tilting an annularinternal locking shoulflanges. der, one of the walls of saidspool-receiving 2o 2. A headless cylindrical sheet-metal yarn recessconstituting a stop.

10 carrier comprising a peripheral portion, two In testimony whereof, Ihereunto set my end walls, each of the end walls having a hand. centralopening, and a sleeve extending from HOWARD D. COLMAN.

